# Dialexeis 5.Subsection b-Subsection d

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, 5.Subsection b to 5.Subsection d. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/5.Subsection%20b

ἐλευθέρῳ; Τί οὖν ἄλλο ἡγεῖ τῇ ψυχῇ εἶναι τὸ δέρμα τοῦτο καὶ τὰ ‖ ὀστᾶ καὶ τὰς σάρκας; χλανίδια ἐφήμερα, καὶ ῥακία ἀσθενῆ καὶ τρύχινα· ταῦτα καὶ σίδηρος διαρρήγνυσιν, καὶ πῦρ τήκει, καὶ ἕλκη ἐπινέμεται. Ἡ μὲν οὖν ἀγαθὴ ψυχὴ καὶ διαπεπονημένη καὶ ἠσκημένη ἀμελεῖ, καὶ ὡς τάχιστα ἐφίεται γυμνωθῆναι· ὥστε κἂν ἐπιφθέγξαιτό τις τῷ γενναίῳ ἀνδρί, νοσοῦντα τῷ σώματι θεασάμενος, τὸ τοὐ Ὀδυσσέως ἐκεῖνο, οἵην ἐκ ῥακέων ὁ γέρων ἐπιγουνίδα φαίνει·

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Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ed. Hermann Hobein. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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